This script loads a Bio::DB::GFF database with the features contained in a either a local genbank file or an accession that is fetched from genbank. Various command-line options allow you to control which database to load and whether to allow an existing database to be overwritten.

This script currently only uses MySQL, though it is a proof-of- principle and could easily be extended to work with other RDMS that are supported by GFF through adaptors.